About This Artwork

Honoré Victorin Daumier
French, 1808-1879

“- I bought this ground at 1 franc per square meter, and I'll sell it again at 9 francs. - To whom? - The name does not matter as long as I make 8 francs on the square meter... after all, it's not excessive, a square meter on the Boulevard Montmartre costs 600 francs! - Yes, but this section here is uninhabited. - What do you mean, there are more than 20'000 rabbits living here,” plate 1 from Les Spéculateurs, 1857

Lithograph in black on white wove paper
210 x 260 mm (image); 275 x 360 mm (sheet)
Gift of the Print and Drawing Club, 1955.1181

Daumier Register 2974; Delteil 2974 II/II; Hazard-Delteil 2578 II/II